Wraps

God’s PocketWrap: 7/22/2013
Logline: After Mickey’s crazy stepson is killed in a construction “accident,” Mickey tries to hide the truth, but a columnist starts digging into the case.
Production Companies: Park Pictures Features, Cooper’s Town Productions, Shoestring Pictures
Director: John Slattery
Producers Sam Bisbee, Jackie Kelman Bisbee, John Slattery, Lance Acord, Galt Niederhoffer, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Christina Hendricks, John Turturro, Caleb Landry Jones, Domenick Lombardozzi
Screenwriter: John Slattery (adaptation), Alex Metcalf (adaptation)
Details: Based on the book God’s Pocket, written by Pete Dexter and published by Random House in 1983.SSN Insight: The picture marks the directorial debut of Mad Men star John Slattery and is the first project for his company Shoestring Pictures.

American HeistWrap: 7/26/2013
Logline: The bond between two brothers is tested when they become involved in an ill-fated heist.
Distributor: Voltage Pictures (foreign)
Production Companies: Glacier Films, Nasser Entertainment Group
Director: Sarik Andreasyan
Executive Producers: Adrien Brody, Joseph Nasser, Jack Nasser, Jojo Ryder
Producers: Gevond Andreasyan, Georgy Malkov, Valdimir Poliakov, Tove Christenses
Cast: Hayden Christensen, Adrien Brody, Jordana Brewster, Akon
Details: Remake of The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959), directed by Charles Guggenheim and John Stix, and starring Steve McQueen.SSN Insight:This is the first project from Glacier Films which plans to produce 11 feature films over the next three years. This is also the English language directorial debut for Russian director Sarik Andreasyan.

Hot Tub Time Machine 2Wrap: 7/26/2013
Logline: A group of friends, once again, jump into the hot tub time machine, but this time it is to travel into the future.
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM
Production Company: Panay Films
Director: Steve Pink
Producer: Andrew Panay
Cast: Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Adam Scott, Chevy Chase, Gillian Jacobs, Kellee Stewart, Bianca Haase
Screenwriter: Josh Heald
Details: The sequel to the film Hot Tub Time Machine (USA/2010), directed by Steve Pink and starring John Cusack, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson and Rob Corddry.SSN Insight:Rob Corddry was previously mentioned to write the screenplay for the sequel. The original film grossed around $50 million domestically, but ended up doing very well on home video.

Brick Mansions
Wrap: 7/27/2013
Logline: An undercover cop and a former criminal attempt to infiltrate a gang, armed with a weapon of mass destruction, in the ghetto known as “Brick Mansions.”
Distributor: Relativity Media
Production Company: EuropaCorp
Director: Camille Delamarre
Executive Producer: Matt Alvarez
Producers: Luc Besson, Ryan Kavanaugh, Tucker Tooley, Christophe Lambert
Cast: Paul Walker, David Belle, Catalina Denis, RZA
Screenwriter: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Details: The remake of District B13 (France/2004) directed by Pierre Morel and written by Luc Besson.SSN Insight: A protégé of Luc Besson, Camille Delamarre has edited several of his movies, but this marks her feature directorial debut.